Valeriano Orobón Fernández, born on this day in 1901, was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade union activist, translator, and poet who wrote the lyrics of the revolutionary song “A Las Barricadas”.

Orobón believed in the organizational power of unions, believe that they would have a major role in reorganizing society in a more libertarian fashion. Orobón was also strongly opposed to the communist (i.e., Soviet) ideas in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

Shortly before his untimely death from tuberculosis, Orobón wrote the words of “A Las Barricadas” to the tune of “Warszawianka 1905 roku”, itself a well-known Polish revolutionary song. The anti-fascist tune became the anthem of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), and one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Civil War.

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      • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        In November 2018, He announced that he had created the first human genetically edited babies,[5] twin girls who were born modified with HIV resistance in October 2018 and were known by their pseudonyms, Lulu and Nana. The announcement was initially praised in the press as a major scientific advancement.[6] However, following scrutiny on how the experiment was executed, he received widespread condemnation from the public and scientific community.[7][8][9] An investigation report showed that he raised money for his research to evade government and university research regulations.[10]

        His research activities were suspended by the Chinese authorities on 29 November 2018,[11] and he was fired by SUSTech on 21 January 2019.[12] On 30 December 2019, a Chinese district court found He Jiankui guilty of illegal practice of medicine, sentencing him to three years in prison with a fine of 3 million yuan.[13] He was released from prison in April 2022.

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